My Songs.
This is a collection of songs mostly written over the past two years since my reconnection with Folk. It contains a wide variety of songs, some humorous (I hope), a few romantic, a bit of soul searching and of course, traditional style folk songs.
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1. Fire on the mountain. True reflection of my early years and introduction to the delights of young love.
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2. Old Age Pension Race. When I was young I was considered to be a member of the "Human Race" but as soon as I got to a certain age, I became a Member of the" Old Age Pension Race". Have a laugh at some off my old age problems!
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3. Under a Heaven of Stars. A song for the romantics, of which I am one.
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4. Musicbox. Heart breaking moment when a father, who is separated from the mother, has to say goodbye to his child and hand her back.
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5. There's always sun on Sundays. This song is based on the lives of the miners from the village I was born in, although many years before.
They went to work in the dark and came home in the dark, six days a week and only saw the sun on Sundays.
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6. The Shepherd's nervous breakdown. When attempting to write a piece about the shepherds in olden days bringing their sheep down off the mountain to market in Newport, I woke up with this very different song in my head.
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7. I'm so over you. The aftermath of a relationship breakup. I'll let you decide whether I was over it or not lol.
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8. Forgotten people. I wrote this after seeing someone in the street, huddled in a sleeping bag during the recent extremely cold weather.
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9. Australian through and through. I wrote this after one of my regular trips to that wonderful country. They are good at every sport and this takes it to the limit. Sing along with the chorus.
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10. In the wings. Everyone who walks out in front of an audience deserves admiration. Standing in the wings waiting to go on can be terrifying even for hard-bitten pros and this song hopefully gives an insight to the experience. It is also a metaphor for life.
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11. Take me home to the mountain stream. Folk song with a country twist. Retrospective song with a kick.
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12. You'll be movin' on. To finish: A conversation with someone whose heart has just been broken.
A massive shout out to Trevor Pugsley, from The Lyceum Folk Club of Newport, for his help with fashioning this first collection of songs.